In 1993, following an enforcement action by a provincial environment ministry, a major media print and media organization retained ÉEM to assist in the design and development of a corporate environmental strategy, which included policy, procedures, training and a compliance audit program, covering 20 plants across Canada and the US. The organization wanted the strategy to become operational on an ongoing basis, to provide risk mitigation and ongoing assurance, and it wanted it to be managed externally.

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